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Bridget Thoreson is an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience navigating the rapidly shifting media landscape — despite her college advisor warning her not to go into journalism because “there aren’t any jobs.”

Bridget is a highly sought-after speaker and facilitator for leading academic institutions, global corporations, and transformative industry events, including Stanford University, Lands’ End, and the Women Leaders Conference. Her insights on modern career strategy have been featured in premier U.S. and international publications, including Fast Company, Zapier, and Italy’s Donna Moderna, and she is a frequent guest on podcasts like Weirdly Helpful, Keep It Local, and Take a Seat.

As the founder of MyCareerRiver.com, Bridget applies journalistic rigor to solve the core challenges of today’s workforce. Having interviewed over 160 mid-career professionals, she developed the Career River framework: a data-driven, adaptive navigational system designed to replace the broken, 1830s corporate ladder concept. To date, she has trained more than 2,300 professionals in 106 countries to overcome burnout, survive industry disruptions, and reclaim a sense of agency over their careers.